The Week Before Christmas

Sarah had her First Reconciliation on Saturday. She had to do her first confession with a priest. She didn't seem nervous at all, although Jacob thought she would have a long list of things to talk about. Maybe it was the promise of frozen yogurt afterwards that pushed her through.

We ALMOST had a visit from Grandpa Nault who would have been in town for a night while on a consulting project. Unfortunately, the trip got canceled at the last minute.

We spent Sunday looking for a sofa to replace the hand-me-down, threadbare one we have in the playroom. In a game of furniture musical chairs, we ended up moving the leather sectional from the TV room to the playroom and got a sofa like this for the TV room. (Mom, I think it's the Alisa by Bernhardt because I know you'd want to know.) The chair and a half and an ottoman should give us enough seating and still enough room to play Just Dance 3 on the Wii. The best part is that it will be here tomorrow!

We have a busy week getting ready for lots of Holiday Parties, the 2nd grade Economics Fair (Sarah is making and selling bracelets), the PTA luncheon (I made Cake Balls for the first time), Lucas' performance as Joseph in his school's Christmas Program, the Cub Scout pack meeting (Jacob is close to earning both his Webelos badge and Arrow of Light badge), a cookie exchange, a white elephant gift exchange and a dinner party! We'll be ready for the relative calmness of next week!